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I am more of a cat person than dog, but that doesn’t mean I hate dogs. I prefer cats over dogs, that’s all. However, I really dislike cat hating dog people, for some unknown reason, I’ve met too many dog people condemning cats out of the blue, such as they are useless and etc. I never understood the reason why they have the urge to bad mouth cats while I pet their dog. Over the years, I’ve realized that the saying, “You are what you eat.” is true. You are more likely to be a cat person if you prefer...

If you wondered what is it inside of Russian nuclear shelter then here is a gallery for you. A Russian blogger Yaroslav went inside one of those and here is his report.He says that this shelter is much older than he is. It was built back in USSR times.Inside they have a model of a nuclear blast for some reason.A class inside of the shelter teaching people on the war rules and signs. A call center.Not much to do inside – probably a best thing is to play some chess.Or read some Soviet magazines. No internet here.–nextpage–Warehouses with different...

A selection of World War 2 guns that stayed in the ground for tens of years and now being dug out by Russian enthusiasts. The search for the old guns became very popular in Russia lately, so popular that a law was passed that abolished such kind of searches in Russian forests. Now if you going to be caught with a metal detector you can face charges. Still people go on this treasure hunt as the stock of the metal laying down in the ground since WW2 is immense. Photos and videos are here: –nextpage– –nextpage– And a video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTKz8BRTpxU

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet science flagship. Was built in Leningrad in 1971. It’s 231 m long, and 32 m wide. Main engine has 14 000 kWt power. The crew is 136 people and also 220 scientists can travel and do their work. It has 1250 rooms, including 86 science labs. It was built to be able to communicate via satellites with all top important things in Russia.  It had served variety of tasks. Most mind blowing is to come to Pacific and track Soviet missiles that were fired from USSR to the middle of nowhere in Pacific. Also...

Another collection of “Only in Russia” photos. Enjoy! New Russian fashion. This was a freshly laid just one year ago on the railway station. One year later this is a result. Just a kids playground in Yakutsk, Russia this April. When just Adidas is not enough. Find a cat. “She was flirting with my man” “Happy Victory Day”, Russia is strongly against gays (supposedly) Going to school in Russia. Putting vodka in plastic water bottle and selling it for vodka price at night when it’s prohibited to sell alcohol. Slavic bride. Dirty car art is seem to be a...

Welcome to the next part of “Only in Russia” weird and interesting daily shots from Russia edition. Here are some selected photos from all around the country. Every photo has its own quirk.Using a tractor as a crane is probably not that bad idea. Even owning a Smart car won’t stop you from towing trailers. Sometimes street ads are sort of over the top.When babushka has too many time on her hands.Sleighs in summer is a solution too.–nextpage–Spiderman is arrested. Moscow city is a city of contrasts.Dirty snow on a roadside makes benches useless in winter.Ghm.–nextpage–Meet Masha, from Masha...

Already two years history enthusiasts try to rescue pieces of evidence and remains from the WW2 plane crash. It crashed into swamps which makes it much harder to access it. This year they got advanced and found a pilot body, one of the two. They found his personal belongings including the driver license which helped to identify the pilot. The WW2 parachute raised from the swamp – in an almost perfect condition. Pilot’s hat spent 76 years in a swamp. His medical bag. And a bag with papers and a map. This is an actual place where they make...

European Cities Places Imagined to be Styled in Russian Style Posted on November 28, 2018 by tim It’s another photo posting from some people who ask the question – “What if a European city was in Russia, how would it look?” And those photos is the answer to this often asked question.Europe:Russia:Europe:Russia:Europe: Russia:Europe:Russia:Europe:Russia:–nextpage–Europe:Russia:Europe (this is best one here so far):Russia:Europe: Russia:Europe:Russia:It is not the only person who tries to compare cities. We had some older postings on the topic in archive.

Posted on January 15, 2019 by tim On November 3rd, 1957 a space rocket was launched from Baikonur which brought a Sputnik-2 satellite to the Earth orbit. This was the second man made space ship on the Earth orbit. And differently from its predecessor it was a much complex ship. It’s weight was just around a half ton. It looked like a conical capsule of 4 meter tall. It had a few chambers for scientific devices, radio, telemetric system, program module and a system to support temperature and air to the cabin. But most importantly this was a first space ship with...

  Well, this bunker is really something extra. It is like it is been abandoned with almost all equipment after the collaps of the CCCP…..  Civildefense is a bit smother compared to the military but it is harder to run it. soldiers are trained to do what they are told…Feeling in the bunker is like someone is on the way to start it up again…………   –nextpage– –nextpage– –nextpage– –nextpage–

Pretty rare photos from a village in Belarus during the 1970s, 1975 to be exact. The people of the village made WW2 victory parade themed platforms for the parade. Each platform is a sort of show of its own. Like this first one. –nextpage– –nextpage–

These days, near Moscow, there is an “ARMY-2018” expo show going on. It is the fourth time in a row that it has been held here. Marina, the photographer, went there and took some unique photos from the closed show.(A reminder that all of the photos can be clicked to be seen in higher resolution, navigated with arrows)There is over 26,000 different pieces of armaments in the exposition.It goes on in 60,000 m2 of closed pavilions and 500,000m2 in the open air.Rescue trucks The newest T-14 Armata tankBMP “Terminator” in sand camouflage – last year the tests of the vehicle was going on in...